... nes are started with the aircraft still on the tug and the aircraft is ready to go within minutes. Cavern doors just open very shortly for aircraft movements. All this is quite well hidden behind trees ...

...
To start the day a dark spot could be seen on the horizon, when the alarm of the QRA started to scream. An ‚enemy aircraft‘ in form of an Airbus A400M Military transport aircraft approached and was subsequently ...

... in front row. Flying started already before 9am and continued non-stop until the late afternoon. Visitors were in for a real treat. The opening ceremony was presented by the state Steiermark / Styria, ...

... aircraft used in WWII traditionally play a big part in the flying program as well. This era is split up and started this year with the ‘Germans’, flying the Junkers Ju 52, the Storch and a fake Messerschmitt, ...

... tickets visitors. On these two days the Saturday was by far the better choice with more flying and great weather. Contrary to this Sunday morning started very different with a very cold wind and freezing ...

... er hop that could even be described as a real flight - amazing what you can do with a 8hp engine!
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And just how the day ended it started off as well. With splendid sunshine, and ...

...
Thus the Tsuiki airshow 2014 was unfortunately short-lived in the end after the announcement of the cancelling of the flying program for the afternoon, and people already started leaving around midday ...

...
Airbus started the flying with its A400M, the usual but nevertheless always stunning A380 and the brand new A350.
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Alenia Aermacchi ...

... anding show started with a mixed formation of delights of the "Planes of Fame" collection: bringing the F-86, P-51, P-40 and P-26 in close formation for the fly-by required all of the pilots skills, an ...

... of ransformation into a modern fighter jet's glass cockpit.
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At the dawn of its career that started as a 'bomb truck' during the Yom Kippur war it was a real ...

... of the "Blue Impulse" team this year or due to the weather forecast. However it started out rather nice with some rare sunny spells during sunrise, but once the display area opened and it was time to mov ...

... st the Allies.
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Then it was time again to sit down and relax a little bit until the real flying program started at 1pm. In the meantime an An-2 and a Ju-52 ...

... ng the rehearsal on the day before the actual show started. The reasons for lack of doing so also during the event remain unknown...
Going to Bahrain the hopes were of course high to see the local Ro ...

... 6, USMC Harrier and an USN F/A-18 in the air, and with similar conditions on Sunday it was a long wait until the early afternoon when the program finally started.
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... a cold beer ready. Things really started getting busy between 9 and 10 in the morning, as the start of the flying program was announced to be at 11am.
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The opening ceremony w ...

... or picnic blanket.
The flight program went flawless and within time and started with a wake-up call by an Austrian Eurofighter at 9am and three Pilatus PC-6 Turbo Porter dropping water in the Austrian ...

Where? Izmir, Turkey When? 4-5/06/2011
In many places aviation Centennials are celebrated, and so did the Turkish Air Force. The official events already started in January, but cumulated for the public ...

... are returning from their mission or stop their training, and I just arrived as two OH-6 came in to land. Unfortunately one of them started again while I had a very nice talk with the Base Security ("ye ...

... stands - and the famous rope blocking off the static display area.
The opening formation started taking off around 7:30am, and did some fly-bys in bad weather, even before the public was actually allowed ...

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ILA Berlin 2014

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Bf-108 D-ESBH

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